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‘Horrendous’: the ‘ridiculously common’ lies people tell on CVs, and what happens when they are discovered

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Recruitment fraud is one of the most frequent first -party frauds’, when an individual knowingly misrepresents their identity or provides false information for financial or material gain.

Nearly one in five UK individuals ( 18% ) had lied on their CVs and job applications in the past 12 months .

One in seven felt it was “reasonable’ to say they had achieved a 2:1 degree when they had failed their final year .

Young people are more likely to falsify CV information, says Simon Miller .

Collingwood highlighted a basic error by would-be fraudsters who tweaked their LinkedIn profiles to change dates or inflate job titles.

Many forgot their posts were in the public domain, and these might not tally with the dates on private CVs.